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The Ancient Parish of SHEFFIELD

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"SHEFFIELD, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles Rotherham, 12 from Chesterfield, (Derbys.) 13¾ from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley, 16 from Bakewell, 18 from Doncaster and Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Bawtry, 24 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 24 from Buxton, (Derbys.) by Middleton, and 28 by Bakewell, 55 from York, 162 from London. Markets, Tuesday and Saturday. Fairs, Tuesday in Trinity Week, and November 28, for horses, horned cattle, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Morland and Co. 50, Pall Mall; Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, Messrs. Walkers, Eyre, and Stanley, draw on Messrs. Everett, and Co. 9, Mansion House Street; Messrs, Rimington, and Youngs, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Lombard Street. Principal Inns, Tontine, Angel, Commercial, and Kings Head Hotel. Pop. 42,157. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, or the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £12. 15s. 2½d. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Sutton. Here are also three Churches, viz. St. Pauls Church built in 1740, in Norfolk Street; St. James' Church, erected in 1788 in the Vicar's Croft, to both these Churches the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. Here is also a Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1777, in which service is celebrated daily: the Rev. Wm. Downs is curate and governor, and the Rev. Thomas Robinson, officiating curate." (There is further information for Sheffield).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Attercliffe Banner Cross Bell Hagg Bent's Green Bridge Houses Brightside Bierlow Brightside Green Broom Hall Burngreave Burrow Lee Button Hill Carbrook Carrwood Cherry Tree Hill Clough Field Crabtree Crooks Crooks Moor Cross Poole Darnall Ecclesall Bierlow Edge Endcliffe Hall

Farfield Farm Fulwood Fulwood Booth Gleadless Goddard Hill Greystones Grimesthorpe Heeley High House Highfield Hill Foot Hills Hillsborough Little Common Longley Lydgate Machon Bank Miln Houses Morewood Mount Pleasant Neepsend Nether Green Nether Hallam

New Hall Newfield Green Norwood Hall Owlerton Park Grange Philadelphia Pitts Moor Porto Bello Ranmoor Sandygate Scraith Sharrowhead Sheffield Manor Shirecliffe Hall Steel Bank Stockwell Green Stumper Low Hall Tapton Grove Upper Hallam Upper Thorpe Walkley Whirlow Whiteley Wood Hall

Archives and Libraries

• Sheffield Archives hold many records for the area. Details of opening hours, research services, address and phone number etc. are to be found on their website. If you intend to visit the archives, please ensure you read the details about ordering documents in advance.
• Brief details of most of their holdings and full lists of some collections are available on the Access to Archives website.

Bibliography

• There are transcriptions (by "Amanda") of the following on the Moss Valley site:
  • " Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life, 1866-1916" by Rev. William Odom,
    • The various chapters include reminiscences of "old Sheffield" and contain many names throughout of clergy and lay people - in fact there is an indexed list of names as the final 'chapter', although these were subscribers to the book rather than names mentioned in the text.
  • An article from the Illustrated London News about the Cutlers' Feast of 1867 in Sheffield, with an illustration
  • The Highways and Byways of Old Sheffield, by R. E. Leader
  • The Great Sheffield Flood (Illustrated London News, 1864)

Cemeteries

• Here are a photographs of cemeteries etc. in the parish:
  • Wardsend in need of some work to make it even reasonable!
    • Wardsend Cemetery, View 1..
    • Wardsend Cemetery, View 2..
    • Wardsend Cemetery, View 3..
    • Wardsend Cemetery, View 4..
  • Crookes Cemetery
    • Crookes Cemetery, View 1..
    • Crookes Cemetery, View 2..
    • Crookes Cemetery, View 3..
  • The Cemetery Chapel, Burngreave.
  • City Road Cemetery
    • A plan of City road Cemetery, Sheffield.
    • Looking towards block c4, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block D, City Road Cemetery (view 1).
    • Block D, City Road Cemetery (view 2).
    • Block E and the Crematorium, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block K, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block P, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block Q, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block R, City Road Cemetery.
    • Block S, City Road Cemetery.
• Sheffield Indexers have transcribed the burial records for City Road Cemetery (searchable).
• Generous permission has been granted for the use of the index on the Sheffield Indexers site for St. Michaels Roman Catholic Cemetery on Rivelin Valley Road.
• Sheffield Records on-line host the Burngreave Cemetery Records for The Friends of Burngreaves who are doing the transcriptions. Burngreave Cemetery was originally known as the Brightside Bierlow Cemetery and was established in 1860.
• The Sheffield General Cemetery site (not the City Cemetery) contains details on some of their burials. Their first burials date from 1837. To get to the burials, choose Resources from the left menu, then go to burial details. Please also see the Sheffield Records Online site who are adding the later years missing from the Cemetery's site.

Census

• An index to the 1841 census for Sheffield has been transcribed by The Sheffield Indexers.
• An index to the 1841, 1851 and 1861 Sheffield censuses is being transcribed by Sheffield Records Online.
• An index to the 1871 census for Sheffield is being transcribed by a group co-ordinated by Gordon Cambell. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - please see the web-site.
• For help re census & historical information, send an email to Sheffield Local Studies Library (Surrey Street)

Churches

• Photographs of churches in the Sheffield area.
  Over the years, the boundaries of the County of Yorkshire have changed, especially to the south of Sheffield. Included below you will find churches that were in Ancient Parishes in the county of Derbyshire which are now in the county of South Yorkshire, as well as those that were always in Yorkshire.
• Photographs of Church of England Churches ("Churches of the establishment") within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
• Photographs of Methodist Churches within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
• Photographs of Churches of other denominations within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
• Photographs of churches in the parish of Norton, anciently in the county of Derbyshire.
• Photographs of churches in the parishes of Beighton and Eckington, anciently in the county of Derbyshire.
• There are more photographs of Churches on the ENG-SHEFFIELD web site.
• The following Churches have their own web sites:
  • St. Peter's Cathedral Church, Sheffield
  • St. Barnabas's Church, Highfield
  • St. Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church, Lowfield
  • The Mother of God Roman Catholic Church, Sheffield
  • The King's Centre, Union Road, Nether Edge.
  • The Arbourthorne Community Church meets in the Spires youth centre, which is on the Myrtle Springs school campus.
  • The Meersbrook Park United Reform Church, situated in what was the ancient parish of Norton.
  • There are internal photographs and a short history of All Saints Church, the Parish Church of Ecclesall.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Sheffield Parish Church (now the Cathedral).
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Attercliffe.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Ecclesall.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St George.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St James.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Mary.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Paul.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Philip.

Description and Travel

• Here are 2 photographs of the town hall:
  • Sheffield Town Hall, circa 1900.
  • Sheffield Town Hall, in 2000.
• Here is a photograph of The Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield.
• Sheffield University hosts pages entitled The City of Sheffield, which describe the modern City of Sheffield. They also have lots of photographs showing the University and its environs, Sheffield scenes, and the surrounding countryside.
• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and a photograph of Sheffield town hall.
• Mainly for the younger, The Knowhere User's Guide to Britain has a page for Sheffield (among others).
• The Sheffield Web Guide is a Sheffield search engine.
• There are pictures & maps of Gleadless, Norton & the surrounding area on the Gleedless.net web-site.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcription of the list of Subscribers to an 1889 reprint of a 1787 Sheffield Directory.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Whites Directory of Sheffield of 1852.
• A transcipt of the following can be found on the Sheffield Records Online site:
  • 1787 Gales & Martin Directory of Sheffield
  • 1791 Universal British Directory
  • 1811 Holden's London & Country Directory.
  • 1833 White's History & Directory of Sheffield
  • 1841 Pigot's National & Commercial
  • 1911 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham
  • 1919 Whites Sheffield District Directory
  • 1925 Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham (in progress).
• A transcipt of the following can be found on the Sheffield Indexers site:
  • Gales & Martin Directory of Sheffield 1787
  • 1791 Universal British Directory
  • 1811 Holden's London & Country Directory.
  • 1833 White's History & Directory of Sheffield
  • 1846 Slater's Directory of Sheffield
  • 1862 Drake's Directory of Rotherham & District
  • 1871 White's Directory of Sheffield & District
  • 1911 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

Genealogy

• The SHEFFIELD Mailing List is an unmoderated Family History list administrated by Gordon Cambell, dedicated to the genealogy and history of the Sheffield and Rotherham areas. The scope of this list covers the same areas as those covered by the Sheffield FHS and the Rotherham FHS. The mailing list also has its own web site containing lots more information about Sheffield.
• Eric Youle's homepages include a description of Sheffield in 1800 & many other interesting items related to the Cutlery Trade.
• The Sheffield Records Online GenSearch database has been designed to contain the names and basic details of those people in your family tree who have a Sheffield or Sheffield-related connection, including nearby areas such as Rotherham and Ecclesfield.
• The Sheffield Indexers have an increasing amount of data on line for the Sheffield area.

History

• Here are old photographs and drawing of places etc. in the parish:
  • The Toll Bar, Brungreave Road, Pitsmoor.
  • Carbrook Hall, Attercliffe was the home of the Bright family.
  • An old drawing of Ecclesall Hall and the pedastal of the Banner Cross, Ecclesall.
• Sheffield's Traditional Heritage Museum website gives you an insight into some of the materials displayed at the museum which have been collected over the last 30 years.
• Along with various other transcribed documents, Eric Youle has Sheffield in the 18C by R.E. Leader on his WWW site.
• Karen Turner has transcribed some details of The Great Hurricane in Sheffield 1873 from the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 17 December 1873, and also some extracts from the Gentleman's magazine dealing with storms from the early 1800s.

Land and Property

• The 1873 Return of Land Owners for Sheffield from Sheffield Records online. This index contains all those records for land owners in Sheffield, Rotherham, Ecclesfield and surrounding areas

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Sheffield and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.
• There is a good map on the Wikipedia site showing the boundaries of the townships which formed the parish of Sheffield in 1832.

Memorial Inscriptions

• Here is a photograph of the War Memorial Inscription, on the Town Hall, Sheffield.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial at Handsworth, Sheffield.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial Plaque on the wall of St. Mathew's Church, Sheffield.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial at All Saints, Wath upon Dearne.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial in the Churchyard at Christ Church.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SK327823) Abbeydale
  • (SK317808) Abbeydale Park
  • (SK373857) Arbourthorne
  • (SK284844) Bassett
  • (SK385907) Brightside
  • (SK331851) Brincliffe
  • (SK335843) Carter Knowle
  • (SK329874) Crookes
  • (SK337876) Crookesmoor
  • (SK286860) Lodge Moor
  • (SK354855) Lowfield
  • (SK326893) Malinbridge
  • (SK385857) Manor Estate
  • (SK378867) Manor Park
  • (SK330833) Millhouses
  • (SK340845) Nether Edge
  • (SK319835) Parkhead
  • (SK349892) Parkwood Springs
  • (SK357894) Pitsmoor
  • (SK368843) Rollestone
  • (SK341857) Sharrow
  • (SK349904) Shirecliffe
  • (SK370865) Sheffield Park
  • (SK325870) Tapton Hill
  • (SK312828) Whirlow Brook
  • (SK330887) Walkley Bank

Newspapers

• There is a Contact Column in the Sheffield Star newspaper, to find lost friends & relatives (no charge)- write to:
  • The Sheffield Star,
    John Highfield's Contact Column,
    York Street,
    Sheffield,
    S1 1UP
    S.Yorkshire.

Occupations

• Here is an article on the (mainly) Sheffield Horn, Bone, Tusk, Antler and Hoof industry
• 2 databases relating to Sheffield cutlers (Master and Apprentice) have been provided by Sheffield Records Online.

Probate Records

• Sheffield Records Online provide a searchable online database of those from Sheffield, Rotherham, Ecclesfield and surroundings who have a Will or Administration. Full probate index text is available and the database is searchable by a combination of surname, forename, year of death and abode.

Social Life and Customs

• Glenn Piper has produced a list of Sheffield Area Athletes, c1906-1920, taken from several sources.

Societies

• Hillsborough Local History Group
• The TiltHammer website maintains a gateway to local history groups and societies in Sheffield and the surrounding area.
• This parish is covered by the following Family History Society:
  • Sheffield and District FHS

Voting Records

• An online database listing all those from Sheffield and surroundings who voted in the 1835 West Riding Poll and also those who voted in the 1848 West Riding Poll. Searchable by surname, forename and abode from Sheffield Records Online.